This journal is engaging and exhibits deep
thought. It focuses on an interesting topic, and may provide fodder
for future writing.

This assignment is complete and sincerely
and accurately addresses all parts of the assignment and
carefully follows directions.

This assignment is labeled correctly.

This assignment is written coherently in standard English with
competency expected for completion of Eng 121

This journal is interesting and
engaging for the reader as well as a very sincere writing by the
author. It is very well thought out, developed, coherent, and focused.
It relates nicely to the readings and goes further with the issues.
It provides interesting concrete support, and provides the writer
with possible issues/topics. fodder for future essay writing.

This journal is interesting and exhibits good
thought. It focuses on a good topic, and may provide fodder for
future writing.

This assignment is complete and does all parts of
the assignment and and follows directions.

This assignment may not be labeled correctly.

This assignment is written coherently in
standard English with competency expected for completion of Eng 121

This journal is good better thought out, developed, coherent, and focused.
It relates nicely to the readings and exhibit sincerity. It provides
interesting concrete support, and provides the writer with possible
issues/topics. fodder for future essay writing.

This journal is complete. It focuses on a clear
topic, and may provide fodder for future writing.

This assignment is not complete and may not
address all parts of the assignment and may need to follow
directions better.

This assignment is written coherently in standard English with
competency expected for completion of Eng 121

This journal is a beginning and
needs to be much
better thought out, developed, coherent, and focused. It needs to relate
to the readings more and
exhibit more sincerity. It needs to provide more interesting
concrete support, and possible issues/topics, and fodder for future
essay writing.
OR
It is not complete. It did not do all parts of the assignment

This journal is in need of more diligent thought.

This assignment is not close to complete and\or,
does not addresses the assignment enough and\or does not follow
directions.

This assignment may not be labeled correctly

This assignment is not written coherently in standard
English with competency for Eng 121

This journal is either not done or not close too incomplete.

If done coherently in standard English, it
hardly relates to the reading and does not exhibit sincerity. It
does not exhibit understanding of the reading and makes no attempt
to analyze for meaning.

It needs to provide interesting
concrete support, and possible issues/topics, and fodder for future
essay writing.

This summary nicely encapsulates the essence of
the essay. It does not retell the essay nor does it assume reader
knowledge; it provides everything necessary for a reader to get the
main points of the essay.

This assignment is complete and sincerely
and accurately addresses all parts of the assignment and
carefully follows directions.

This assignment is labeled correctly.

This assignment is written coherently in standard English with
competency expected for completion of Eng 121

This summary is engaging, and makes the reader think about issues.
It provides an understandable synopses of the essay, and cites the
author when needed. It exhibit sincerity. and good
understanding of the reading. Furthermore, it exhibits much
insightful analysis of meaning behind the events, character, etc

This summary encapsulates the essay. It does not
retell the essay nor does it assume reader knowledge; it provides
most of the main points of the essay.

This assignment is complete and does all parts of
the assignment and and follows directions.

This assignment may not be labeled correctly.

This assignment is written coherently in
standard English with competency expected for completion of Eng 121

This summary is good and interesting for a reader. It provides
an understandable synopses of the essay, and cites the author
when needed. It exhibit sincerity. and good understanding of the
reading. Furthermore, it does some insightful analysis
of meaning behind the events, character, etc

This summary gives the gist the essay. It may
resort to possible retelling the essay in parts and assume
reader knowledge and not provide everything necessary for a reader
to get the main points of the essay.

This assignment is not complete and may not
address all parts of the assignment and may need to follow
directions better.

This assignment is written coherently in standard English with
competency expected for completion of Eng 121

This summary is just in the beginning stages. It primarily only
retells the essay, and cites the author too much. It should exhibit
more sincerity. It needs to exhibit more understanding of the
reading and analyze more for meaning.

This summary may retell essay and not actually
summarize it. It assumes reader knowledge, and therefore does not
provide everything necessary for a reader to get the main points of
the essay.

This assignment is not close to complete and\or,
does not addresses the assignment enough and\or does not follow
directions.

This assignment may not be labeled correctly

This assignment is not written coherently in standard
English with competency expected for Eng 121

This summary is not close to incomplete.

If done coherently in standard English, it
hardly relates to the reading and does not exhibit sincerity. It
does not exhibit understanding of the reading and makes no attempt
to analyze for meaning.

Brief
summary is complete and very helpful for understanding of the
critique to follow.

Includes
much insightful and useful analysis of essay techniques including:
intro, conclusion, unity, coherence, development

Includes much insightful\helpful attention to style to include:
Tone, rhetorical methods, appropriate use of person, advanced
vocabulary

Includes
much attention to enjoyment value and addresses the author's message
with useful interpretation

offers
excellent helpful supportive suggestions for improvement

Directions
are carefully followed

Areas of grammatical need have been pointed out
where necessary.

This assignment is written coherently in standard English with
grammatical competency expected for completion of Eng 121.

This
writing is interesting,
engaging, and for the reader as well as a very sincere writing by the
author. It is very well thought out, developed, coherent, and focused.
It focuses on the assignment and is complete.

This
assignment is labeled correctly.

Brief
summary is evident and helpful for understanding of the
critique to follow.

Includes insightful\helpful attention to style to include: Tone,
rhetorical methods, appropriate use of person, advanced vocabulary

Includes
attention to enjoyment value and addresses the author's message with
useful interpretation

offers
helpful
supportive suggestions for improvement

Directions
are followed

Areas of grammatical need have been pointed out
where necessary.

This assignment is written coherently in standard English with
grammatical competency expected for completion of Eng 121.

This
writing is interesting,
engaging, and for the reader as well as a very sincere writing by the
author. It is very well thought out, developed, coherent, and focused.
It focuses on the assignment and is complete.

may\may not include helpful attention to style to include: Tone,
rhetorical methods, appropriate use of person, advanced vocabulary

may\may
not attention to enjoyment value and addresses the author's message
with useful interpretation and

may\may
not offer helpful supportive suggestions for improvement

Directions
may\may not be followed

Areas of grammatical need may\may not have been
pointed out where necessary.

This assignment is written coherently in standard English with
grammatical competency expected for completion of Eng 121.

This
writing is somewhat interesting,
engaging, and for the reader as well as a very sincere writing by the
author. Although developed, coherent, and focused more of the the
above would help . It focuses on the assignment.

This
assignment is labeled correctly.

May critique an essay that has already been earlier critiqued and
exhibit much of the same criticism as the earlier critique

Brief
summary may be missing or incomplete

Critique is a vague analysis of essay
techniques and style. More clarity and specificity are needed.

Message and enjoyment value may\may not be present, or may be
vague. Much more specific attention is needed.

Directions
may\may not have been followed.

Areas of grammatical need may\may not have been
pointed out where necessary.

This assignment
may not be written coherently in standard
English with competency expected for Eng 121

This writing is either not done ,too incomplete,
or not written coherently due to insufficient use of standard
English. Although it need not be error free, it must be
written with a degree of language and grammar competency expected
for completion of Eng 121.
OR
If done coherently in standard English,
It does not adhere to an specific
instructions, objectives, and does not referees to the text and
readings as an assignment directs.

Essays are graded using this rubric. The
6 criteria for a great essay are itemized on the left with their
respective point values. Whichever rectangle is highlighted
represents the techniques\skills you used and the points they earned
out of the total points possible for each criteria. To get full
point values, utilize the techniques\skills in the
(good........strong) column.To see a rubric (completed by the
instructor for your essay) go to:
Welcome Page - Student Tools - My Grades - View Rubric (under
grade for the essay)